Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-09-29

Granu hapluS Is prtSluent VI tut cOupdIg.
A wild man was captured In the woods
ON the yellow Dog river the other day.
He gives the name of Barthias Booth, and
claims TO own the whole upper peninsula.
Tony Schmidt was fatally injured by
being crushed between 1000 pound fly
wheel, which was being moved. and the
wall of the industrial works at Bay City.
Manager Mulilxcn says the Grand Rap
ids, Lansing q Detroit road will be graded
by November. Track laying Is in prog
ress, but imoeded because bridges are not
built.
George L. Hunter, an alien, brings suit
against the city Of Holly for S25, 900
for injuries received on the night Of No
vember 23, 1886, by collision with an un-
marked street obstruction.
The case of Dr. n. j. Aiken of Grand
Rapids, charged with causing the death of
Mary Noll of Grandville, was nole
pressed the other morning. Aiken was
convicted OH tie first trial.
A decision of the Sibey Perrin case,
gives Mrs. Fisk of Marshall, widow of
Frank Sibley, fortune variously estimat-
ed at from $500 600 to $500, 900. The case
has been in court 90 years.
The Rev. Waldo May, member of the
Christian denomination, for 40 years res
ident of Michigan, and candidate for gov
ernor on the greenback ticket in 1882, died
in Mason few days since, aged 6S.
In the celebrated Reed spring tooth
harrow case. Judge Severens has decided
the case in favor Of Reed ~ Co., Of Kala-
mazoo and against Lawrence & Chaplin.
The case will be appealed TO the supreme
court.
Chester Byrd, aged 10, and Augustus
Harris, aged 20. who reside in Calvin. a
few miles from Cassopolis, quarreled
about girl with whom they were both
smitten, when Byrd shot and instantly
killed Harris.
i. A. Jackson's farm barn and outbuld-
ings near Garfield, Saginaw county, were
destroyed the other morning with FIVE
horses, $50 bushels of grain, 80 tons OF
hay, and rcapers, mowers, plows and
sleighs. Loss, $50
Wm. Towiand, a farmer living two
miles east Of Clare, was killed the other
| afternoon. He was erecting log house,
when one Of the timbers rolled Off, knock
ing him TO the ground, crushing his skull.
lie lived about fifteen minutes.
w hls <Auulu
Marquette in July last. William was
placed on trial September ~, and IN an
hour had been found guilty of manslaugh-
ter. This is the shortest murder trial in
the hisory of the upper peninsula.
Prof Charles T.. Wright of Marquette,
state geOlogst, says that tie geological
conditions along the line of the Duluth,
South Shore * Atlantic railway are favor
able for the existence OF natural gas. 1t
is probable that II will be looked for.
William Witham, who was recently
pardoned from the states prison, where
he was serving life sentence for murder,
is reported TO lie ten years younger than
he alleges, and TO have stated his age as rs
simply for effect in securing executive
clemency.
Gov. Luce has pardoned VIM. William,
who was sent to stale prison for life from
Genesee county ia February, 1880, for
murder. Gov. Bego.e committed his SEN
tence to make IL expire Jan. 1, 1888.
Witham Is now rs years old and Is so Ill
that 1t is feared he would die in prison.
Prof. Henry Sewall Of Ann Arbor. was
married at ST. James cathedral, Toronto, on
the 22d inst, to Isabel Josephine, third
daughter of John j. Nickers, president OF
the Nickers express company. Among
tho many bridal presents was brick OF
solid silver, weighing ten pounds, from
Montana
Ed. Spencer, proprietor OF hotel at
Noyi, died the other afternoon and his
death Is supposed to have been caused by
something which lie ate at dinner the pre-
vious day, as several others who partook
of the meal were taken i'll soon afterwards.
but none except Mr.. Spencer experienced
serious effects.
An exhange says: A. c. Merrill of Cot
trellvlle township, ST. Clair, has a 1000
hen power poultry farm, and doesn' Z have
any foolish old sitting hens around either.
He matches by steam power, and a hen
that won't put In her time industriously
laying eggs is Immediately sold as n
'spring chicken"
Sim Williams, teamster of North
| Branch, lost a valuable horse the other
night as was first supposed, by being cast
| in his stall. An examination of the feed
boxes Of the team next morning revealed
| the fact that both feed boxes contained
arsenic, and how the other horse escaped
| death Is n mystery.
White bronze agents OF Michigan met
III bIdilu huDluS ltNtllllN OlRdulLtu u
state organization known as the Michigan
| White Bronze Association. S. II. Cum
| ings of ST. Joseph, was elected President;
| C.. Speck Of Kalamazoo. and c. a. Bur-
nam of Flint, vice president: +. II. Kranse
of Port Huron. secretary and treasurer.
The suit of Maltby, Brotherton e Co.,
of Bay City, against G. ii. Plummer of
Saginaw for ST, 900, resulted in allowing
the firm Sill, 200. The case grew out
of complication of contracts relative TO
the numbering Of two sections of land near
Plummcr's Ogemaw mill two years ago.
Mr.. Piummer will carry the case 10 the
supreme court.
VIM. Osborne Of Gaylord was acciden-
tally shot by L. NJ. Burroughs the other
morning. The ball was discharged from
| a Winchester lille. 1t passed through the
closed door of Burroughs shoe shop and
| entered the body of Osborne, who wa,
seated in buggy on the opposite side of
the street. cau,ing instant death. He
leaves a widow and two children.
Luther Gates proposed to Lizzie Bu-
chanan, a waitress in Hopkins restaurant
| I'm Alma. Lizzie rejected his propo. al,
| and Gates climbed on the roof of the
| building ext to the restaurant, got peep
! Of his charmer as she was disrobing In
her bedroom and shot at her. Tho bullet
| missed its mark. Gates was arrested at
St outs and lodged in the Ithaca jail.
Alderman Daniel Edwards aud Foreman
Nebele of the fire department of Lansing
have brought suit against the Lake Shore
road for $40, 900 damages each. They left
| Chicago on round trip excursion tickets
| which required staining at Chicago They